It’s a new season for the Living Green column. No, its not yet spring, even though it felt like it last week. This new season is bringing a new face to offer eco-insights for the Grand Strand, and I am lucky enough to be that new face – so, you might ask, who am I? Let me introduce myself. I’ve [...]

It’s a new year, which means a new chance at life and a time to start over. At the start of the new year, people have a tendency to reflect on the negativity of the past year and look for ways to make themselves and their life better. Typical Resolutions include: Lose Weight, Eat Better, Exercise More, Quit Smoking, Get Out of Debt….etc. [...]

The holidays are just about over. You are probably in the process of taking down decorations, while wrestling with the time you don’t have. I will confess that one year, I kept my Christmas tree up until Valentine’s Day. Yay, it was just easier that way. Anyway, one of the major issues during the holidays between Thanksgiving and New Year’s [...]

You will never get a greeting card from me, not because I am forgetful, but because I think greeting cards are pointless. According to the Greeting Card Association, 7 billion greeting cards are purchased every year with the annual retail sales of cards estimated to be more than $7.5 billion. The average household buys 30-50 individual greeting cards a year, [...]

We are saturated with terms like, sustainability, climate change, global warming, fracking, etc. It’s overwhelming when you don’t know how you can help make a difference in your own life. So how does the average person add a little green into their life? We all have responsibilities, work, dinners, kids, errands, chores, classes, etc. Some people think that going green takes [...]

Let’s face it, DVDs take up a lot of shelf space. My husband has decided to digitize most of our favorites, then we purged the rest. I ended up with 16 DVDs to get part with. However, I didn’t want to donate them, with no return value, or list them on eBay, only to sell them for a dollar. So [...]

Did you know that the item that takes up the most space in the landfill is PAPER? Yes, paper and cardboard take up as much as 40 percent of the space in the landfill. Now, look in your house and locate all the paper, cardboard, magazines, receipts, brochures, maps, etc. It adds up quickly, doesn’t it? One Saturday, my husband [...]

After months of buying bottled water, our family finally bought a Brita pitcher. There are many reports and news articles about bottled water vs. tap water and the results may be misleading. Which is better? Our family bought a 24-case of bottled water every week for about $4 from Sam’s Club or for about $5 from Walmart. Sometimes, we’d open [...]

Life is different in South Carolina. It’s more relaxed, you actually say “hey” and chat with people at the local grocery store, and the sweet tea is unbelievable. However, even though life seems dandy in the South, one thing is not. Being green. The South constantly sees in influx of new residents relocating from the North. Thus the complaints roll [...]

So a Tweet told me to check out a kids clothing swap website. It’s called ThredUp. Basically you swap boxes of kids clothes for a small fee. You can also swap tops, books or media. You can list your own kids clothes and get rid of them for free (shipping and all). The only time you ever pay is when [...]